Susan Dunn - Editor

Temporary position (18 months) dedicated to revising taxpayer correspondence. To improve compliance and increase revenues, department wanted correspondence revised so that taxpayers will find it easier to understand. Department call center also noticed significant drop in number of inquiries.
• Collaborated with key stakeholders in each division (nine total) to inventory and rework each correspondence document.
• Edited documents for clarity, grammar, and consistency.
• Established consistent standards across divisions.
• Tracked flow of revision process using Microsoft SharePoint.
• Edited close to 500 documents.

Offering skills as freelance editor and writer to various publishers and businesses.
• Copy edited many projects:
o Numerous IT certification preparation guides and other technical publications for grammar, style, and spelling
o Various titles for Solution Tree Press, which specializes in publications for educators
o Several books in JIST’s Best Jobs series
o Courseware for training/consulting company that specializes in Microsoft SharePoint
o Alt-text and content on PowerPoint lecture slides for several medical textbooks
• Prepared materials for web-based assessment and assignment platform for higher education. Preparation involved using Snagit10 to mark up published documents for conversion to digital format and then verifying that conversions completed correctly.
• Wrote the following:
o Test-bank questions for IT certification guide
o Articles for online magazines aimed at teachers, activity worksheets for school textbooks, and sidebar material for online nursing courses
o Articles on various CPA-specific issues for INSIDE Public Accounting national newsletter
o Alt-text and content on PowerPoint lecture slides for collegiate science textbook
• Prepared articles extracted from published Microsoft Press books for posting to new Microsoft website. Preparation involved formatting, removing cross-references, and performing very light editing.
• Proofread hard copy and digital files for several publishers.

Started as copy editor and worked my way up.
• Development Editor, 1998 to 2001:
o Collaborated with authors to develop outlines and define reading audience of various computer books.
o Ensured that authors’ books were appropriate for series defined by company (Sams Teach Yourself, Sams Unleashed, Que’s Special Edition Using, etc.).
o Developed books covering various technology-based subjects, including Microsoft Access, Oracle, .NET, and ColdFusion.
o Freelanced for Pearson as a development editor for three months after my departure.
• Production Editor, 1992 to 1998:
o Managed individual projects from copy editing through proofreading to ensure adherence to schedule.
o Collaborated with development editors, copy editors, and proofreaders to ensure accuracy of text.
o Edited chapters for proper content, grammar, style, spelling, and formatting.
o Mentored new copy and freelance editors.
• Copy Editor, 1991 to 1992:
o Edited chapters for proper grammar, style, spelling, and formatting.
• Freelance Copy Editor, September 1990 to August 1991.

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This comprehensive guide and reference consists of 27 chapters divided into six parts of progressively increasing technical complexity and following the process of establishing a new Windows NT network, either as a self-contained entity or connected into a heterogeneous WAN. Glossary included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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